ABSTRACT
Ewell (1988) suggests a number of ways of making it more likely that reform will be fruitful:
establish an assessment office or committee, carefully chosen and with powerful support from senior management
prepare by doing a review of current practice
run a pilot or demonstration project – start small
make better use of information which is already collected
rebut fallacies – for example the fallacy that there is ‘perfect data’; that a single approach or indicator exists which will be sufficient; that high degrees of reliability and validity are necessarily needed
as a matter of routine, use assessment data in planning and budgeting
use assessment information in evaluations and programme reviews.
